Eastphalia

Eastphalia is a historical region in northern Germany, located within the historic Duchy of Saxony. During the Saxon Wars, Eastphalia was one of the rebellious Saxon nations, and the Frankish king Charlemagne defeated Widukind in 785 and converted the Saxons to Christianity. Eastphalia became a part of the Frankish duchy of Saxony, and it now consists of the German federal states of Lower Saxony, western Saxony-Anhalt, and northern Thuringia.